By any standard of success, Intel’s line of Atom CPUs has been a run-away success. The low power sipping processor can be found in just about any netbook or nettop of note, and what was meant to initially be a low power and low capability CPU to supplement Intel’s headier and more powerful offerings has instead become a main focus of Intel’s business.

We’ve known for a while that Intel was planning on updating the Atom CPU architecture with the Pine Trail platform. Gone will be the N270 and N280 CPUs, replaced instead with the next-generation Atom Pineview processor, which will feature improved performance, an integrated graphics core, a built-in DDR2 memory controller, 64 bit capability, a new core logic set and a built-in video decoding processor. But up until now, we’ve had no idea when Intel was actually planning on rolling out Pineview to the next generation of netbooks and nettops.

According to a document seen by X-Bit Labs, Intel Pineview now has a roll-out date, and it is aggressive: according to this document, Intel will reveal the next generation Intel Atom platform on December 21st, and computer manufacturers will launch netbooks and nettops featuring the Pineview Intel Atom N450 on January 4th… just in time to be shown off at CES.

If you’re looking to buy a netbook and don’t need one before Christmas, this means it’s time to wait: Intel’s Pineview Atom CPUs are going to be driving the next generation netbooks, and they are coming very soon.